School: Liostuathail (B.) 1.
- Location:
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Haodha
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- Comfrey grows in oats and it impoverishes the soil.
Groundsil is a yellow flower and it is given to birds, especially canaries.
Ferns grow along a lane and on the hedges and are used for bedding.
Old people say that if the root of the fellustrum was boiled and given to cattle it would cure the cough in cattle.
Robin-run-the-hedge grows in bad and good land. It is boiled and bottled and cures skin diseases and purifies the blood.
The juice contained in the stem of the dandelion is used as a cure for warts.
Fellustrums are also called "Flaggers" because they are shaped like a sword.
Nettles are chopped up and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Éamonn Ó Catháin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Listowel, Co. Kerry
